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Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over Carrabasset River on Wire Bridge Road in New Portland
- Location
- Somerset County, Maine
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1866; rehabilitated 1961
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 192.9 ft.
Total length: 198.2 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.89067, -70.09289 (decimal degrees)
44°53'26" N, 70°05'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/413699/4971385 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- New Portland
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 70000065 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 19920 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 30.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 99
Sources
- HAER ME-3 - New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portland, Somerset County, ME
- Frank Danberg - fmdanberg [at] verizon [dot] net